City Councilman: ‘Ball of sparks’ as car careens off Dames Point Bridge
Jacksonville City Council Al Ferraro called 911 after witnessing crash
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – He described it as a “ball of sparks.”
A Jacksonville City Council member is among the witnesses to a crash over the weekend on the Dames Point Bridge that sent a car careening off the bridge.
It ended in a dramatic rescue with firefighters pulling the car’s driver to safety from the St. Johns River.
For District 2 City Councilman Al Ferraro and his wife, Saturday night was not another trip.
“Before we got to the bridge, she was saying, how many people have fallen off the bridge?” he recalled. “I was telling her don’t worry about this. It is safe.”
Hypothermia, rising tide among dangers as firefighters rescue man from St. Johns River
Driver’s car careened off Dames Point Bridge Saturday night
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville firefighters saved a 27-year-old man in a dramatic rescue Saturday evening in the St. Johns River, hoisting him out of the water after his car fell over the Dames Point Bridge.
Photos from the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department show a captain harnessing the man and as crews on the bridge pulled him to safety. The driver had gotten out of his car, which was underwater. He was taken to the hospital, but amazingly only had minor injuries after the 35-foot fall in his vehicle.